Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Some Good, Some Bad.

Saw my nutritionist today. My progress is great. She informed me that I had lost weight since I started treatment. Which is good because I have also been keeping to my diabetes regime. It's still hard though.

I haven't officially seen my weight on a scale in over 6 months. I went from weighing myself when I woke up, before and after I used the bathroom, before and after I ate, and before bed to not at all. I still feel anxious anytime I step on a scale... whether it's Grace's (my nutritionist) scale or at the doctors. I know that as long as that number means something I have to keep going to treatment.

The treatment process feels like it's starting to get difficult again. Most days I think I'm doing okay. Like maybe I don't need therapy anymore. Then there are days that deliver such devastating blows; I feel like curling up in a ball and staying that way forever.

I have no one to talk to on those days. Except for Grace and Ann (therapist.) They are great but at the same time it feels pathetic and kind of weak to not be able to say anything to anyone. I've tried to speak about it to people who love and support me but they can't seem to wrap their heads around it. I just feel like a problem sometimes.

I'm so tired of writing the word "ashamed." It's in almost every one of my blogs. Yet, that's how I feel when I feel anything other than good. Ashamed. It's in everything that I do. I fear that every move I make is wrong. I'm starting to feel convinced there are two of me.

You see, there are people who think I'm super confident. They think nothing bothers me and that I'm just cool with everything. That is not me. I'm more anxious than anyone could ever realize. Why wouldn't I be when I carry a secret like this around?

My diabulimia isn't exactly a secret, but my struggle is to everyone but this blog. There is a weakness and vulnerability in allowing that out. It's not something that I think I can do. When I've tried it's been rejected. If it were again I think I'd just crumble.

Brandon (boyfriend who lives with me) mentioned that I've been having a lot of "bad/blue" days lately. He doesn't get the eating disorder thing, but he tries. He's watched been with me since my relapse started in 2008. Through the hospitalizations, doctor appointments, crazy breakdowns, and dances with death he has been there to try to support me. We broke up for two years because he couldn't watch me die anymore. He told me once, "how can I love someone who doesn't love themselves." I hated him so much for that. I hated him more for sticking around, and still supporting me even when we were just friends.

It took two years and 3,000 miles apart, but we've gotten a second chance. I'm trying so hard to love myself better, and I hope one day I'll be able to 100% believe that I am beautiful and sexy. Most importantly, I hope that one day I will be able to believe that I deserve love.

2 comments:

You can always talk to ME. You can facebook or email or text or call...anytime. And you can refuse to be weighed or see your weight on the scale. I don't know about your specific treatment, but you have the right to refuse anything you want and to fire any medical professional who you are uncomfortable with for any reason. Your worth is not a number on a scale, nor your age or your average words typed per minute. You don't have to feel so alone. It's natural to withdraw when you're feeling blue, boy do I know how that goes, but isolating yourself or hiding your feelings for too long is simply toxic, hun. Seriously, reach out, it's okay. I will never judge, there are more people like me, too. *Hugs*

About Me

Diabulima is an eating disorder that effects T1 diabetics. This occurs when a diabetic omits their insulin for the purpose of losing weight. I have been battling this debilitating condition for over 8 years and am now starting to seek proper treatment. I hope to document my treatment process as honestly and accurately as possible because there is not a lot of information available about this disease. I invite you to read and comment on posts with any questions and I will try to answer them.